Virtual Bookish Events for January 11-17, 2021
The Weekly Virtual Bookish Events Newsletter is sent on Sundays and includes the events taking place the following Monday through Sunday. Events are separated into four categories:
For Readers - Free
For Writers - Free
For Readers - Paid
For Writers - Paid
Don’t see your event? I do my best to find as many events as I can, but I always miss some! I don’t add events after the list is posted but please feel free to add links to events in the comments of the post and submit future events via the link below.
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For Readers - Free
Monday, January 11, 2021
4:00 PM — Happy Half Hour with Courtney Summers
7:00 PM — Author Emily Danforth and Illustrator Sara Lautman on "PLAIN BAD HEROINES"
7:00 PM — Grubbie Debuts: Julie Dalton with Hank Phillippi Ryan, Waiting for the Night Song
7:00 PM — Stories from the Rolodex, with author Beverly Stoddart
7:00 PM — The Crime on Biltmore Way: A Virtual Evening with Uva de Aragón
7:00 PM — Uncle Bobbie's Presents: Robert Jones, Jr. "The Prophets"
10:00 PM — Virtual Event - A.K. Wilder in conversation with Kelly Anne Blount and Lynn Rush
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
6:00 PM — Cozy in CT Mystery Panel
6:00 PM — Liese O'Halloran Schwarz launches her new novel WHAT COULD BE SAVED
6:30 PM — Michelle Gallen: Big Girl, Small Town (A Book Stall Author Event)
7:00 PM — Launch Party for Cass Morris's Historical Fantasy GIVE WAY TO NIGHT
7:00 PM — Virtual Book Launch Party For The Award-winning Gaslamp Fantasy, THE BRASS QUEEN
7:00 PM — Greek Mythology Trivia with Alex Bracken
7:00 PM — Serena Burdick — author of Find me in Havana at the Odyssey Bookshop
7:30 PM — The Distance Learning Playbook with Social Development Expert Rosalind Wiseman
8:00 PM — Devin Madson & Django Wexler - Q&A and Conversation
8:00 PM — Preston & Child - Virtual Event
9:00 PM — Mateo Askaripour, in conversation with Jay Ellis and Sasha Banks, discusses Black Buck
10:00 PM — Virtual Event - Gerald Brandt in conversation with Jason M. Hough
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
2:00 PM — The Autonomous Creative with Alexander Chee & Jessica Abel
3:30 PM — Alta Asks Live: Julia Flynn Siler
6:30 PM — Cooking As Though You Might Cook Again book launch and conversation with Danny Licht
7:00 PM — Francine Puckly in conversation with Megan Mathieson
7:00 PM — Gina Apostol: The Revolutionary
7:30 PM — Book Launch: Daniel Loedel presents Hades, Argentina in conversation with Phil Klay
8:00 PM — Peg Guilfoyle for "Singing All the Verses" with Sally Wingert
9:00 PM — Virtual Event - Christina Li discussing Clues to the Universe
10:00 PM — Julia Ember and CB Lee in conversation about RUINSONG and queer fantasy
10:00 PM — Madeleine Watts - The Inland Sea
Thursday, January 14, 2021
1:30 PM — Gut Feelings Book Launch
6:00 PM — I Want to Ride the Tap Tap: A Virtual Evening with Danielle Joseph and Olivier A. Ganthier
7:00 PM — James Harold — Author of Dangerous Art at the Odyssey Bookshop
7:00 PM — Nava Atlas, PLANT-POWERED PROTEIN
7:00 PM — Rachel Hawkins for THE WIFE UPSTAIRS
8:00 PM — Ace Atkins discusses Robert B Parker’s Someone to Watch Over Me
8:00 PM — Our Words, Ourselves: Maria Hinjosa, Koa Beck, Deborah Douglas, Alicia Elliott & Michele Weldon
8:00 PM — Virtual Author Visit: Nick Petrie with Erica Ruth Neubauer
9:00 PM — Becky Mandelbaum in Conversation with Jessica Gigot, The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals
9:00 PM — Maria Goodavage - Doctor Dogs
Friday, January 15, 2021
Saturday, January 16, 2021
1:00 PM — Last One To Die Book Launch
Sunday, January 17, 2021
For Writers - Free
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
1:30 PM — Top Ten Steps to a Successful Revision
7:00 PM — The Psychology of Interviewing and Interrogation with Dr. Katherine Ramsland
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
12:30 PM — Brown Bag Lunch Writing Series
3:00 PM — The Weekly Kiki: A Queer Writer Brunch
6:00 PM — Craft Talk: Crafting Authentic Characters with Pamela N. Harris and Jenny Torres Sanchez
8:00 PM — Writing Wednesday: Virtual Write-In with Bess Carnan and Sarah Nicolas
8:30 PM — Write Drunk, Edit Sober
Thursday, January 14, 2021
1:30 PM — Keywords Decoded for Authors
3:00 PM — Finish Your Nonfiction Book in 2021: 3 Shifts You Need to Make
7:30 PM — How I Wrote This: Discussion of Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg, with Andrea Lawlor
8:00 PM — Solve Your Story Problems
Friday, January 15, 2021
5:00 PM — Virtual Craft Chat with E.A. Aymar
Saturday, January 16, 2021
3:00 PM — Writer's Studio - The Literary Device of Listing: Generative Workshop
9:00 PM — AgentChat Live with Claire Draper of the Bent Agency
For Readers - Paid
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
7:00 PM — Angie Thomas & Nic Stone Discuss Concrete Rose at MahoganyBooks — starting at $24.00
7:00 PM — Link to Libraries Presents: Creative Conversations with Grace Lin and Shannon Hale — starting at $35.00
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
8:00 PM — Mateo Askaripour and Danielle Prescod for BLACK BUCK — starting at $1.00
9:00 PM — The Ties that Bind: Ann Patchett on Family, Fortune, and the Search for Self — starting at $15.00
Thursday, January 14, 2021
8:00 PM — Pastries, Poetry, and Prose: Monique Truong — starting at $10.00
For Writers - Paid
Monday, January 11, 2021
9:00 AM — The Craft of Young Adult Fiction — starting at $360.00
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
6:30 PM — Start Here! Quick Intro to Creative Writing, Section 1 — starting at $10.00
7:00 PM — You Built Your World—Now What? Examining Worldbuilding for Undeclared Assumptions — starting at $55.00
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
1:00 PM — Query Letter Master Class with Critique with Jane Friedman — starting at $79.00
2:00 PM — Time Traveling: The Magical Powers of the Memoir Narrator — starting at $25.00
7:00 PM — Ten Things Fiction Writing Class — starting at $10.00
7:00 PM — Novel 101: Stalking that Great Idea — starting at $35.00
Thursday, January 14, 2021
3:00 PM — Virtual Visits: Tips for Authors and Illustrators — starting at $10.00
7:00 PM — FROM HEAD TO TOME: Perfecting Your Story's Intro — starting at $10.00
7:00 PM — Loft Sampler Class: Fiction — starting at $5.00
7:15 PM — Writing Between the Lines with Fred Koehler — starting at $39.00
Friday, January 15, 2021
10:30 AM — Fictional Characters I: Creating the Cast - Remote! — starting at $75.00
7:30 PM — Writers' Resolution with Eileen Herbert Goodall — starting at 49 AUD
Saturday, January 16, 2021
10:00 AM — Your Breakout Book Virtual Conference — starting at $49.00
10:30 AM — Speculative Fiction Series: Voice and Language — starting at $75.00
10:30 AM — The Reversals Workshop — starting at $75.00
11:00 AM — Start Here! Quick Intro to Creative Writing, Section 2 — starting at $10.00
12:30 PM — Stories That Change Our World: How to Write Hopepunk with Cat Rambo — starting at $99.00
1:00 PM — Setting Intensive: 20 Powerful Tips — starting at $50.00
2:00 PM — A Novel Idea: Transforming Short Stories into Novels — starting at $55.00
2:00 PM — Starting Your Publishing Journey with Diane Zinna — starting at $109.00
2:30 PM — Away Beyond the Sea and Five Writing Nuggets to Sharpen Your Work — starting at $15.00
4:00 PM — No More Lone Wolves: Writing Characters in Community with Catherine Lundoff — starting at $99.00
Sunday, January 17, 2021
12:30 PM — Return to Journaling for Creativity with Fran Wilde — starting at $99.00
4:00 PM — Get Weird! How to Make Your Fiction Original, Compelling, and Deeply Weird with Evan J. Peterson — starting at $99.00
Disclaimer: Including events in this roundup doesn’t imply an endorsement of the authors, organizations, or events. I do not claim responsibility for the quality or execution of these events.